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(l.V J. MARTE. BEARING.

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1,080,151. Patented Dea 2, 1913.

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'Ilm mg O. J. MARTE.

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PATENT essie.

CHARLES J. usarsi, o'snf LoUIs,1irIssoUa`I, Ass'IoNoa ro WAYNE MANUFACTURING comm, or sr.I.oUI s, MIssoUiiI, .a coBPoRnTIoN or MIssoUNI.

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Be it known that'I, CHAnLEsIJQMsn'rII a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of StLouis and State of Missouri, have the following is a s 'ecificatio'n.,

This invention re ates to'gearings of the motor driven type, and an object of the invention is to provide a washing machine and the driving mechanism therefor with an equipment for automatically disabling the driving mechanism as an incident to a invented a new and usefulGearing, of which tub.

Another objectv is to provide' a bench orsupport and a tub pivotally supported upon sai bench or su port and e uipped with an agitator,y in com mation wit power mechanism for operating the agitator, af dev ic'efor holdingthe tub stationary in'one position, and means for disabling the power mechanism when thetub ismovedto another position on saidbench or sup ort. v

In the drawin in gw, ich I have illus-' trated oneembo iment ofmy invention Figure 1 is a. plan viewof=the bench, an shows the tub pivotally, mounted; on thebencli and apart-ofthepower mechanism for operating theagitatpr. l, 'Fig.:2 is a side elevationof the apparatus end .illustrates the lever which is operated l a the tilting or'inclinationof the tub to disable the power mechanisml to the extent of breaks ing the o erative connection between., the power mec anism and the agitator. Fig. 3 is another side or front viewV ofthe ap aratus. Fig. 4 is a detail view,l enlarged with' respect to the preceding views, showing the lever and clutch device which are operated incidentally to tilting or inclination of the tub to break the operative connection bef tween the power mechanism and the ag;- tator. Fig. 5 is a side elevationof thel mec anism shown in Fig. 4. Fi .-6,is a detail view of the supportinglatc which holds the tub in position for use.

The bench or support consists of an opc framelsiip orted ylegsor ostsi2suita stren thene ,and reinforced y,cross pieces ti'ichedwtol 'opposite sides thereo'tand `jour naled in bearin4 s 5 attached to the side meinbersy of the benc orframe 1. g-The said trun- 1 nionsareginota disposed' ,j iametrically.; loppositeA te.l eachother, but Aare' arranged vso t at Giannina.

Specication ofvLettors Patent. Application 'aieawmy s4, isis. serial No. 711,245.

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`v the tub will readily tilt thereon because the :greater weight of the tub is at one side of isaid trunnions. A bracket bearing 6 is at- ,itached to the side of the tub substantially Amidwayof the greater space between the l.trunnions and supports a revoluble member 7. The member.7 is substantially vertical vand has an arm 8 rigid wit-li its lower end. When the member 7 is adjusted to position the arm 8 at right angles to the surface of the tub, said arm 8 extends over one of the :side members of the .bench 1. A latch inemchange in the position or adjustment of the gb er 9, consisting of a plate having upwardly issecured to the upper 1in posit-ion to be engaged by the arm 8. The arm 8 thus supports the tub ,substantially levelas shown in Fi s. 2 and 3, and the flanges on the ends o the latch member 9 revent Aaccident-al turning affords assurance against accidental tilting of the tub. The member 7 is provided with ya-flange or collar 10 which prevents longitudinal movement of said member 7- through the bearing 6.

A hand llever 11 i s rigid .with the member i 7, at ,right angles tothe arm 8, and some distance,

sai about four to six inches, above the arm 8. j fterslightly raisin the tub to disengage the arm 8 from' the ateh member 9, the member 7 ma Abe turned to the osition shown by dotted nes in Fig. 6 in w iich the lever 11 extends over the -side of the bench 1 and the arm 8 isfree to pass inside of the side member of the bench. This ermits the tub to tilt or incline as shown in otted lines in Fig. 2, .the lever 11 constituting a stop to of the bench lioldthe tub from further tilting. Below the member 7, the tub is provided with a drain passage 12 through which the fluid contents of the tub may be drawn oil'. The passage 11 is normally closed by means of a stop eror plug or ot er suitab e device. A han le 13 is attached to the side of the tub above the bearing 6 for manual engagement iirraisin and lowering the tub. The agitator shaft 14 extends through the bottom of the tub and is entraned with a shaft 15 which is journaled in bearings carried by a bracket 16 attached to and moving with the bottomofjthe tub. A sprocket 17 is loosely mounted on the'shaft 15 and is connected with a'sprocket wheel 18 on a drive shaft 19 by means of a chain 20. The shaft i 19 is arranged to be constantly rotated and to is arranged to interlock with the h ub of thewheel 17 as shown at 22 inFig. 4. One of the braces or cross pieces of the bench carries a support 28,to which'a lever/241s piv-= oted. Said lever 24 is slottedand enga es within an annular groove in the sleeve 1,- so that said sleeve 21 may be operated by .manipulation of said lever. 'The sleeve 21 constitutes a clutch forlocking the wheel 17 i upon the shaft 15, and the ,lever 24 isop'erable to ofpen and close vthe elutch. arm 26 exten s outwardly frpml the side o f the bench and the lever 24 is provided witb 'a lug 2'( arranged to engage in no tches 28 in the` arm 26 to hold t e clutch in open or closed adjustment, as desired. This enables the clutch to be held open or closed, as desired, when the tub is in its level adjustment.

When the tub is bein tilted or inclined to the position shown by otted lines in Fi 2, the lever 24 is automatically operate to o en the clutch incidentally to the movement o? the tub. As the tub moves downwardly when being tilted the shaft -ltiswings backwardly as, shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2

the positionmf vsaid lever shown by dotted linesin Figs, 2 and 5. In this movement the lever 24 engages la lcam plate 29 attached to the side of the bench, and is therebyforced thehub of the whee leaving s aid wheel loose and free to turn u onand independently of the shaft 15. us the operative connection between the'driyin mechanism and the agitator is automatica f iroken'or separated as an incident to the tilting or inclination of the tub. .A

Having; thus fully described my invention what I c aim and desire to secure by Letters Patent isn 1. The combination, with a su port, a shaft carried'b saidIsupport, avdrive shaft a connection or driving saidflrst-named shaft from said drive shnft, and means for sapportinfg said su .port inditlerent adinet/- ments, o automa ic means for rendering said connection inoperative incidentally to the movement of sa d support from one to the other of said adjustments, substantially as specified. e

2. The combination with a bench, a susport pivotedon said bench, means for hol ing said support indifferent adjustments, a shaft' carried .b, lsaid, .sup ort, a drive shaft, connections rom said rivev shaft fer rotating said ,i first-named shaft'fwhen said 'stantia ly as .s ecified. i; '.'-.3. ;The c0m ination ,with a bench, a supvgort pivoted on said bench, a shaft carried ysaid'su port, a drive shaft, connections from said rive shaft for rotating said first shaft, and means for raising and lowering said sup ortof means for moving said lever andren ering said connections inoperative .incidentall to the lowering of said support, ,substantial y as specified.

4. The combination with a support, a shaft carried by said su port, and connectons for rotating said shaft, of means for :holding said support in different adjustments, and means for rendering connections ino rative incidentally to the movement of ,sai support to one of said adjustments, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a su -for holdin said sup ort in ilicrent positions, a s aft carrie by said support, and connections for operating said siaft, of a lever for rendering said connect port, means ions operf a :clutch support in one of said positions, substaii- "and"!thc reby moving the lever 24 toward tia y as specified. ti.l The combination with a support, pivots holding said su port, means cooperating with said ivots or supporting said supl, t ort in di erent positions, a shaft carried outwardly to' disen agg the-clutch`21 from 9 y saidsupport, a. drive wheel on said shaft, evice for locking saidv wheel on said shaft, and 'means for o erating said clutch devicev to release sai wheel incivdcntally to the movement of said support,

substantially as specified.

'ZfTheA combination with a support means for holding said support in different positions of a s aft carried by said support,`e. w eel loosely mounted on said sha t, means for'rotating said wheel, a clutch device for locking said wheel on said shaft, a lever Afor operating said clutch device, and an elementto release said clutch device incidentally to the movement of said support, substantially as specified.

' y8. The combination with a frame, a support mounted on said frame, and means or holding said support in different positions of a shaft carried by said support., a wliee loosely mounted on said shaft, a clutch device for lookin said wheel on said shaft means for rotating said 4wheel and there said shaft, a lever for operating said cutch device, and an element carried by said frame to cause said lever to release said. elutchdevice incidentally to the moveand Y support is in one of said adjustments, and a nient of 'said support, substantially as specilever for rendering said VlconnectionsA operatied.

tive or inoperative gef s' devicefor operating l 9. vThe'coinbination with a frame, a sup- -Hsaidlever andren lering saideonnectionsinorti'pivoted upon said frame, lmeans for es operative when'said supportis moved-from oldin'g said support in different positions to which said support may be moved, a shaft carried by said support, and connections for rotating said s aft, of means for rendering said connections inoperative incidentally to the movement of said su port to one of said positions, substantialy as specified.

10. The combination with a movable support, a shaft carried by said support, and connections for rotating said shaft,- of means for holding said support in different adjustments, and a lever actuated incidentally to the movement of said support to one of said adjustments eii'ectivel to render said connections inoperative, su stantially as specified.

11. The combination with a movable su port, two shafts carried by said movab e support, gearing on said two shafts permanently in mesh, and connections for rotatin one of said shafts, of means for holding said support in different adjustments, and means for rendering said connections inoperative incidentally to the movement of said support to one of said adjustments, substantially as specified.

12. The combination with a support, p'vots holding one side of said support, an eiement su porting the other side of said suport an adjustable to hold said support in iferent positions, a shaft carried by said sulpport, connections for rotating said shaft w en said support is in a selected adjustment, and means for rendering said connections inoperative incidentally to the adjustment of said support in another position, substantially as specified.

18; The combination with a support, a shaft carried by said sipgort, and a drive shaft, for operating sai rst-named shaft, of means for holding said support in different adjustments, connections for rotating said drive shaft when said support is in one adjustment, a lever for rendering said connections inoperative, and means for operl ating said lever incidentally to the movement of said support toanother adjustment, substantially as s ecied.

In witness whereof, have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES J. MARTH.

Witnesses:

NnLsoN THoMAs, J. D. Rrrrnr.

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